Anorexia Nervosa Texas State University- San Marcos Critchfield- Jones COMM 1310: Fundementals of Human Communication Leighann Gardner Anorexia Nervosa My name is Alex. I have anorexia nervosa. Since I was thirteen years old I have struggled with the crippling fear of gaining weight and a completely distorted view of myself. I was insecure and focused on weight at a very early age and continuously obsessed with body image throughout high school. I grew up in Dallas‚ Texas until I was
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INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY The psychodynamic theories that I have been studying this year have been nothing short of fascinating and as a result‚ I now view life in a very different way. I can see many of these concepts in both my own life and in my client work. I was relinquished by my mother and adopted when only a few days old and although my adoptive parents made me aware of my situation from an early age‚ I did not understand or accept the magnitude of this early life experience
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Theory for the selected scene. Psychodynamic development is based in the view that behavior is motivated by unconscious‚ inner forces‚ memories and conflict. Freud and Erikson including the developmental theories helped shape many of the concerns underlying the modern study of social development including the effect of early experience on later behavior (Erikson‚ E.H. (1965) Childhood and Society. London.Penguin). from the respondent perspectives‚ the behavior of her in the current stage are affected
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he was extremely interested in mental health problem that the people were aware of. His aim was always to create a psychological theory that applied to everybody. Nowadays Freud is known in psychology as the father of psychoanalysis. Freud’s psychodynamic theory focuses on both development and the unconscious mind which is where mental health problems are supposedly formed. Although this theory doesn’t apply to everyone‚ Freud followed it strongly when concerning his various case studies. In Freud’s
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psychologists like Sigmund Freud‚ Alfred Adler‚ Erik Erikson‚ Carl Jung‚ Erich Fromm‚ Karen Horney‚ Melanie Klein‚ Harry Stack Sullivan‚ and others. In the late 1930s‚ psychologists‚ interested in the human issues‚ such as the self‚ self-actualization‚ health‚ hope‚ love‚ creativity‚ nature‚ being‚ becoming‚ individuality‚ and meaning understanding of human existence‚ included Abraham Maslow‚ Carl Rogers‚ and Clark Moustakas‚ who were interested in founding a professional association dedicated to
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Psychodynamic approach Assumes the importance of; - childhood experiences have a great influence on our adult lives‚ shaping our personalities. childhood events can remain in the unconscious + cause problems as adults Freud – all children go through 5 x psychosexual stages of development; - relationships Particularly family members and especially parent and child‚ used as a template for adult relationships. -the unconscious mind influences our behaviour. Often the conscious mind is unaware
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Anorexia from excessive dieting Among various kinds of side effects of excessive dieting‚ some people are suffering from anorexia. Nicole Richie is one of the victims of anorexia and many doctors are warning that she is at risk of ruining her health. She still says‚ though‚ she is in good shape. Is she really healthy? How can she recover from anorexia? Several questions like these can be raised from observing her experience. The three following articles from each of a web page‚ a book and a journal
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Anorexia Nervosa is a psychiatric disorder that is most common in adolescence‚ the average age being seventeen years old. Anorexia Nervosa is more common in females with a female to male ratio of 10:1‚ and the numbers of those with anorexia nervosa are only increasing by the year. The Maudsley family-based treatment (MFBT) is considered to be the most effective form of treatment. There are two kinds of anorexia: restricting and binge eating or purging. Restricting is when a person does not binge
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describes “adolescent girls and adult women with anorexia nervosa have low areal bone mineral density compared to normal-weight controls”. This article also “examine whether reductions in areal bone mineral density predict fracture risk in females and anorexia nervosa”. 2. What‚ if any‚ were the hypotheses or research questions? -In the article they “assessed fracture history and areal bone mineral density in a large group of adolescent females with anorexia nervosa and normal weight control”. -They “hypothesized
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unhealthy choices about food with damaging results to their health. Types of eating disorders Eating disorders include a range of conditions that can affect someone physically‚ psychologically and socially. The most common eating disorders are: anorexia nervosa‚ when someone tries to keep their weight as low as possible‚ for example by starving themselves or exercising excessively bulimia‚ when someone tries to control their weight by binge eating and then deliberately being sick or using laxatives
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